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BREAKING: Judge DENIES Minnesota's Request to REMOVE ICE | LIVE Minneapolis ICE Protests

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "BREAKING: Judge DENIES Minnesota's Request to REMOVE ICE | LIVE Minneapolis ICE Protests", an episode of MeidasTouch published January 31, 2026 (2 h 44 min, about 21,942 words). It mentions 19 people, works and ideas, including Ice King, Tina Desert Berg, Minneapolis, ICE Out protest, Governor Tim Walls.

What this episode is about

A live report from Minneapolis highlights a protest against ICE, featuring insights from Kelly of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, which advocates for the abolition of ICE and broader immigration reform. The discussion touches on the historical weaponization of U.S. immigration laws against marginalized groups, linking the current politicization of law enforcement to past injustices and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security post-9/11.

Key takeaways

  • In a land of opportunity, fear keeps immigrants from work and contributes to economic stagnation.
  • ICE isn’t just a four-letter word; it’s a symbol of decades of weaponized immigration policies.
  • History doesn’t just repeat— it echoes, revealing patterns of oppression across administrations.
  • When law enforcement investigates itself, transparency is as likely as finding a unicorn in Minneapolis.
  • Eviction moratoriums aren't just policy—they’re lifelines for immigrant families caught in a fear-driven cycle.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 15:00: Ice King, Minneapolis, Tina Desert Berg, ICE Out protest
  2. – 30:00: Minneapolis, Renee Mlin Good, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice, Governor Tim Walls
  3. – 45:00: Minneapolis, Governor Tim Walls, Renee Mlin Good, Midas Touch Network
  4. – 1:00:00: Palestine, Alex Jeffrey Prey, Renee Mlin Good, Minneapolis
  5. – 1:15:00: Minneapolis, Tina Desert Berg, ICE Out protest, Midas Touch Network
  6. – 1:30:00: Minneapolis, Palestine
  7. – 1:45:00: Minneapolis, Governor Tim Walls, Status Coup
  8. – 2:00:00: Twin Cities Coalition for Justice
  9. – 2:15:00: Minneapolis, Status Coup, Ice King, ICE Out protest
  10. – 2:30:00: Minneapolis
  11. – 2:43:55: Minneapolis, Ice King, Alex Jeffrey Prey

Notable quotes from "BREAKING: Judge DENIES Minnesota's Request to REMOVE ICE | LIVE Minneapolis ICE Protests"

  • Legalization for all and end to border militarization and currently, the abolition of ICE and its whole apparatus. So, you've been talking about eliminating ICE longer than a…
    about Ice King · at
  • Detention centers getting lost in the system. Tomorrow's February 1st. Rent is due. And so we're here to call on Governor Waltz and our lawmakers in Minnesota to enact that eviction moratorum.
    about Minneapolis · at
  • Yeah. Mirac has received a lot of generosity from the community to be able to do that mutually aid. It's something that we carry out, alongside trusted community members.
    about Mirac · at
  • I think Governor Waltz and Mayor Fry can be doing a lot more to keep ice out of our city.
    about Governor Tim Walls · at
  • That it was an active shooter scenario, which is obviously not the case. So, that happened prior to having Renee Good and Alex Prey murdered here in Minneapolis. So, they've…
    about Renee Mlin Good · at
  • We're super honored to be here with you in the streets to build for this struggle because the fight for community control of the police for police accountability.
    about Twin Cities Coalition for Justice · at
  • Good, for Alex Patty, for Philando Castile, for Ricky Cobb, for Keith Porter, for every stolen lives by state violence, and for the living who are.
    about Philando Castile · at
  • If you are just joining us, this is Tina Desiree Berg reporting for Status News on the Midas Touch Network. We are marching through Minneapolis right now as part of the ICE out international or.
    about Midas Touch Network · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Tina Desert Berg — Person · Host / field reporter · 3 mentions · first at
    On-the-ground reporter conducting interviews and narrating the Minneapolis “ICE Out” protest for Status Coup / Midas Touch Network.
    Good afternoon. This is Tina Desiree Berg. We are reporting live from Minneapolis. We are at the ICE out protest. These are a series of nationwide protests that are occurring.
  • Governor Tim Walls — Person · Referenced public official (target of protest demands) · 3 mentions · first at
    Minnesota governor being pressured to use emergency powers to enact a statewide eviction moratorium and to act against ICE operations.
  • Renee Mlin Good — Person · Referenced victim / martyr named by speakers · 6 mentions · first at
    Cited as one of the people allegedly killed by ICE in Minneapolis; invoked in chants and speeches as a rallying point for accountability and resistance.
  • Alex Jeffrey Prey — Person · Referenced victim / martyr named by speakers · 4 mentions · first at
    Cited as one of the people allegedly killed by ICE in Minneapolis; referenced repeatedly in speeches, memorial context, and calls for justice.
    That it was an active shooter scenario, which is obviously not the case. So, that happened prior to having Renee Good and Alex Prey murdered here in Minneapolis. So, they've…
  • Tim Fry — Person · Referenced public official (criticized local leader) · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as ‘Mayor Fry/Frey’ and criticized for not doing enough to keep ICE out and for not enacting/advocating an eviction moratorium.
    I think Governor Waltz and Mayor Fry can be doing a lot more to keep ice out of our city.
  • Philando Castile — Person · Referenced victim of police violence (invoked in solidarity) · 1 mention · first at
    Named among ‘stolen lives’ in speeches to connect immigrant-rights protest to broader police accountability and state violence narratives.

Companies & orgs

  • Mirac — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at
    Organization leading the protest and advocating for immigrant rights
  • Twin Cities Coalition for Justice — Company · Supporting organization · 4 mentions · first at
    Organization supporting the protest and advocating for justice
  • Midas Touch Network — Company · Media coverage · 5 mentions · first at
    Media network covering the protest and events
  • Status Coup — Company · Media coverage · 4 mentions · first at
    Media organization covering the protest and events
    And also, if you are not a member of Status Clue, please, please, please consider joining. It is your membership that helps us pay for these trips to report.

Concepts & topics

  • Ice King — Concept · Core topic · 8 mentions · first at
    Central theme of the episode, discussing the impact and protests against ICE operations
  • Eviction Moratorium — Concept · Key argument · 4 mentions
    One of the main demands of the protest, highlighting the economic impact of ICE operations
    Detention centers getting lost in the system. Tomorrow's February 1st. Rent is due. And so we're here to call on Governor Waltz and our lawmakers in Minnesota to enact that eviction moratorum.
  • Christian Front — Concept · Historical reference · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in the context of historical white supremacist movements
    Deportations, family separation, and all the evils that come with that. In fact, if you go back to World War II, the immigrant quotas that historically happened during that period and you look at like the Christian front, there was also an.

Places & events

  • Minneapolis — Place · Setting · 41 mentions · first at
    Primary location where the protest and events discussed in the episode take place
  • ICE Out protest — Event · Main event · 3 mentions · first at
    Nationwide protest against ICE operations, the main focus of the episode
    Berg. We are reporting live from Minneapolis. We are at the ICE out protest. These are a series of nationwide protests that are occurring today across the United States. I am speaking with Kelly who is with Mirac.
  • Palestine — Place · Referenced location · 9 mentions · first at
    Mentioned in the context of international solidarity and US imperialism
    When I think when I think of this international solidarity, I think of the murals of George Floyd painted on walls in Palestine.
  • Texas — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a place where detained individuals are being transferred
    People are also getting transferred out of state and then released often in Texas. Right now, a lot of people detained Minnesota are getting immediately sent to Texas and then.
  • World War II — Event · Historical reference · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in the context of historical immigration policies
    Deportations, family separation, and all the evils that come with that. In fact, if you go back to World War II, the immigrant quotas that historically happened during that period and you look at like the Christian front, there was also an.
  • COVID-19 pandemic — Event · Historical reference · 2 mentions
    Mentioned in passing in the context of recent events
    Many of them are afraid to go to work.

Full transcript with timestamps

We're live. That was really good. See you live. Good afternoon. This is Tina Desiree Berg. We are reporting live from Minneapolis. We are at the ICE out protest. These these are a series of nationwide protests that are occurring today across the United States. I am speaking with Kelly who is with Mirac. So, first of all, tell me a little bit about your organization. Yeah. So, I'm with Mirac, the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. We're an allv volunteer grassroots organization. We've been organizing in the Twin Cities for almost 20 years. Um, you know, demanding legalization for all and end to border militarization and currently, you know, the abolition of ICE and its whole apparatus. So, you've been talking about eliminating ICE longer than a lot of other folks have. I do want to ask you going back to like when George Bush was president, when W. Bush was president.

DHS was created sort of out of a politicized environment surrounding what happened on 9/11. Do you think that creating DHS, creating ICE, moving Border Patrol over, taking away some of the things the FBI used to do, adding them, all of that stuff has led us to this inevitable place where it's just politicized law enforcement? To some extent, yes. um you know before 9/11 before the creation of DHS, CBP, ICE and USCIS, uh those functions were carried out by the INS, the Immigration Naturalization Service. And really, if you go back in US history, you know, back to colonial times, we see that the immigration laws in this country have been weaponized against certain groups of people, right? Japanese internment camps, Chinese Exclusion Act, um you know, the INS specifically targeted Mexicans on the southwest for deportation. And so this isn't something new. This is really part of a pattern of

a white supremacist government in this country. And truly under Democrat and Republican presidents and administrations, we have seen violence against immigrants. We've seen deportations, family separation, and all the evils that come with that. In fact, if you go back to World War II, the immigrant quotas that historically happened during that period and you look at like the Christian front, uh there was also an attempted coup against the government, against uh FDR's policies because they wanted a white national America first state back then. So, this is something that's definitely been repeated. Do you see any similar similarities between that period of time and what's happening right now?

Um, that's a great question. You know, I'm not I'm not an expert on that that time period. Uh but we do know that, you know, history repeats itself, right? We see kind of the same patterns over and over of how people in power try to hold on to that power and, you know, they use a lot of the same tactics over and over again to oppress immigrants, people of color, the people who are indigenous to this land and and others. Indeed. Um border patrol, you mentioned that. I want to ask you about do you know anything about the crit critical incident team which is something that's been sort of innate and secretive in border patrol where they've used to investigate any shootings or wrongful violence that comes from them. They sort of cover stuff up. Is that something you have any experience with?

Um I don't have a lot of personal experience with that. Um here in the Twin Cities we until very recently were not part of Border Patrol's jurisdiction. Um, so we've been more focused on what ICE is doing because that's what we see right in front of us. Um, so not having a lot of firsthand knowledge, but the way that we know that law enforcement works in this country, the idea that they might be investigating themselves and covering up their own wrongdoing is not hard to believe.

It's not hard to believe. So what are the some of the things that you've worked on previously with ICE? Um, so on the local level, you know, we have we established a office of immigrant and refugee affairs at the city of Minneapolis, which provides a lot of support to our immigrant population here. Um, we're part of the legalization for all network across the country. um that has done a series of different campaigns, targeted at local politicians, national politicians, and actually today here we're here today to actually demand a statewide eviction moratorum to Governor Waltz. That's the demand of this protest today because we are seeing that um you know disproportionately in the Twin Cities, renters are immigrants and bipac folks.

Many of them are afraid to go to work. Many families have lost the primary earners um to detention, deportation, fear of going out despite the many efforts of you know our community here to accompany people to respond to raids. People are still getting picked up. They're still getting detained. They're still getting deported. They're getting transferred out of state to other detention centers getting lost in the system. Tomorrow's February 1st. Rent is due. And so we're here to call on Governor Waltz and our lawmakers in Minnesota to enact that eviction moratorum moratorum.

No, I got you. Um, in fact, that is what you're doing here is a good point because I don't think this gets discussed enough by the media. One of the second tiered problems that are that is coming from this is the fact that you have folks that are afraid to go to work. They're afraid to go to the grocery store. If they don't go to work, they can't pay their bills. Uh, you know, we were at the Caramel Mall. We were at the Marcato Mall. I spoke with some of the businesses there. They didn't really want to go on camera, but they told me that it's a twofold problem. Their employees don't want to show up for work and the people that don't really buy for them are also not coming in to the Marcato to shop. So, and you could see the closed stalls in there. So, clearly this is a huge issue.

Is there any sort of mutual aid that you folks have set up or others have set up for these individuals?

Yeah. Um, you know, Mirac has received a lot of generosity from the community to be able to do that mutually aid. It's something that we carry out, you know, alongside trusted community members we've been working with for a long time. We have relationships with a lot of these business owners. Some of them have been part of Mirac. So, there is a lot of mutual aid going out um to businesses, to folks who need rent assistance. But, you know, even everything that we've collected and and truly like amongst not just us but other organizations, neighborhood groups, you know, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands dollar of dollars have been raised, but it's still it's still not enough, right, at the systemic level.

We're kind of we're in an emergency moment, right? And that's why we need this systemic response, but this is an extremely difficult time for small immigrant-owned businesses.

Indeed. Have you folks been involved with any of the mutual aid going on at Whipple? I know there's a group down there that's helping with those that have been arrested by ICE, whether it's American citizens that have been detained in LEGO, protesters that have also been detained and let go, providing them with burner phones, uh, clothing. I've heard horror stories about these guys just letting folks out into this insanely cold weather with nothing but t-shirt on.

Yeah, that is happening. Um, Mirac isn't directly involved with this mutual aid, but you know, we support what folks are doing, providing clothes, burner phones because yes, we've we've seen it. People are just being released out in the cold. People are also getting transferred out of state and then released often in Texas. Right now, a lot of people detained Minnesota are getting immediately sent to Texas and then they're getting released in Texas with no phone. They're not giving back their personal belongings, their passports, and people are just stuck. And there are organizations down in Texas, especially on the border, who are providing that mutual aid and and helping folks get back home.

Sounds like we're getting ready to start. So, I have one more question for you. Are you happy with the way Mayor Fry and Tim Waltz in general have handled this crisis or do you think they can be doing a better job?

I think Governor Waltz and Mayor Fry can be doing a lot more to keep ice out of our city.

Okay. Yeah. Thank you for talking with us Kelly. So, we are going to sort of move over to where they're going to be doing speeches in a second. If you're just joining us, I'm Tina Desiree Bird reporting live for Status Coup on the Midas Touch Network. And we are downtown Minneapolis at the Ice Out uh Solidarity Rally. Just letting everybody know we're having technical difficult system and then ready to come back for a generator.

So, uh, thank you so much for being here. We're going to get started really soon once we work out our gas issues.

Who are you? Say it once. Say it twice. We will not up with ice. Say it once. Say it twice.

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Say it once. Say it twice. We will not put up with ice. Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.

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Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. Up with liberation. Up with liberation. Down with deportation.

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We will say it every time. We will say it every time. Resisting ISIS is not a crime.

Resisting ISIS is not a crime. We will say it every time. We will say it every time.

Resisting IC is not a crime. Resisting ICE is not a crime. We will say it every time.

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Resisting is not a crime. We will say it every time. We will say it every time.

Protesting is not a crime. Protesting is not a crime. We will say it every time.

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We will say it every time. We will say it every time. Journalism is not a crime.

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Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. Immigrants are welcome here.

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Uh, speaking of sweets, I know someone said out loud. Uh, we have sweets here in this white truck that we want to like hand out just to like energize some of you guys before we get going. So, uh, back here behind Robin and I, you can grab your pastries. So, feel free to just hop on now. We'll get this thing going. Okay. There's cocoa and hand warmers and stuff on our our right.

And we got plenty of signs for you guys. So get your hand warmers. Get them warmed up and hold up a sign.

When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? Stand up. Fight back. When immigrants are under attack, what do we do?

Stand up. Fight back. What am I? What do we do? What am So they are they're bringing in a truck uh soundtrack where they're going to have speeches in a minute. Um people are still filing into the park. Uh are under attack. What do we do?

So, people are still falling into the park. Yesterday, we covered the general strike

which had about I'd say about 50,000 folks show up. This is getting to be a bigger bigger crowd now. They've been having events throughout the city all day. Some of them were training events on how to do rapid response. Others were legal immigration um courses, so to speak, training courses. They also had a bike ride.

So, all kinds of thing going on in the city today uh for the Ice Out event. When I say o, I want you to say eyes.

Feel free to clap, too. It's great. Ole. I need more energy from you guys. You guys have some [ __ ] pastries. Guys, the guys So, I wanted to talk a little bit about in Los Angeles and some folks might know that on New Year's Eve, Keith Porter, who is uh was in the San Frernando Valley, was killed by an offduty ICE agent. He had been firing his gun into the air to celebrate New Year's. An ICE agent basically shot him and claimed that it was an active shooter scenario, which is obviously not the case. So, that happened prior to having Renee Good and Alex Prey uh murdered here in Minneapolis. So, they've been obviously staging protests in Los Angeles for many weeks now, but last night uh it looks like the LAPD came in and broke up the protests in a uh rather aggressive manner, which is something we've seen consistently from the LAPD. And I also want to me mention that the state of California passed a law basically saying

that federal agents are not allowed to be masked up in the state, that they have to be unmasked. In response, the chief of the LAPD, who is an ex- sheriff, came out and basically said that he was not going to enforce that law.

And in fact, this sign is like perfect for that. Do they look like cops to you? That's the problem. People cannot differentiate who's who in the cosplay zoo. You really don't know who these individuals are.

Let me la. So John, get a shot of this. They were not kidding about the pastries. He has a whole pastry cart here. Insanely delicious looking donuts.

Oh, sorry. Real sense of community here in the city of Minneapolis everywhere we go. located.

They want justice now. Uh we're now hearing chance in Spanish. Trump lives in Paula esa Another thing I sort of wanted to mention as we're listening to the chanting in Spanish is a lot of particularly in Los Angeles, a lot of voters that voted for Trump are actually Hispanic. And I think we're starting to see anger from these crowds because this is not what they expected. I think when Trump said they were going to deport criminals, they believed that to be the case and obviously the majority of people that are being deported are not criminals. I did spoke with um a Hispanic activist who didn't want to go on camera and he basically told me that he had voted for Trump but his mother and his sister had now been deported and I asked him what did you think they meant by mass deportation and he said not this.

So I think we're hearing that from a lot of Trump voters who are now changing their mind. They're not okay with what's going on. And this might in combination with the release of the Epstein files yesterday completely fracture the MAGA base. But we'll see.

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will never be defeated. If you're just joining us, this is Tina Deserie Berg reporting for Status Coo News on the Midas Touch Network. We are at the Ice Out Rally and Protest in Bryant Square Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. People are still rolling in. They're going to do speeches in a minute. And also, if you are not a member of Status Clue, please, please, please consider joining. It is your membership that helps us pay for these trips to report. helps us cover our hotel, airfare, all of these things cost money. So, if you could afford for as little as $5 a month, it would be helpful.

You can do so on our website, statusfood.com/join. I'm Lizzy. I'm with TCC forJ. That's Quint City's Coalition for Justice. We're super honored to be here with you in the streets to build for this struggle because the fight for community control of the police for police accountability is the fight for immigrant rights.

So, I think they're going to move the speeches over to the truck. We're going to follow over here and get some of those speeches and then we will be doing some interviews with folks here in the crowd. Where's the back?

Is a warm 10° today in Minneapolis. So much warmer than it has been. You know it's been cold when I'm saying 10° is warm.

Hi, how are you? OM has been deciding for legalization. CC. Okay. 1 2 3. Check check check check. A uno do a just rememberum bum bum bum. M has been fighting for legalization for all bird and to all deportations for 20 years. Every year on May 1st, we protest for immigrant and workers rights because it is one and the same. And we hope to see a crowd just as big, if not bigger than this for May 1st this year. It'll be our 20th anniversary of celebrating International Workers Day. So, we're really proud to be with Twin Cities Coalition for Justice today as they fight for all stolen lives as we fight for the lives stolen by ICE in detention centers on the streets of Minneapolis across this entire country with the legalization for all network.

We are extremely proud to be in the struggle with them to make the connections with MPD's complicity and crowd controlling for ICE.

We're going to call out Mayor Fay for what he is, a bootlicker. Okay. Um, Manny, do you want to say something? You look ready to say something.

Yeah, I'm pissed. Hey, I'm Manny. Uh, like I said earlier, um, I'm part of Mirac. We're a grassroots immigrantled organization fighting for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrant communities across Minnesota. We organize, educate, mobilize against detention deportation eviction and all forms of state violence while building real power from the ground up. Merrick shows up where it matters in the streets, in the community alongside families who refuse to be silenced. Today's demand while we're all here, ice out, eviction moratorum now, and legalization for all. These are all demand that we have been fighting for all along.

family, friends, and community. Thank you for being here today. We're here because our lives are not bargaining chips.

We're here because our neighbors deserve safety, housing, and dignity, not fear. This march is for the martyrs. for Renee Good,

for Alex Patty, for Philando Castile, for Ricky Cobb, for Keith Porter, for every stolen lives by state violence, and for the living who are still here being terrorized today. Let's be clear. Crowd control is ICE collaboration. Police working with ICE is state violence. Raids, surveillance, and displacements are not public safety. They are tools of fear. Right now, families in Minneapolis are afraid to go to work, afraid to send their kids to school, afraid to answer the door. And while that fear spreads, people are still being evicted, pushed out of their homes while ICE floods our communities.

Say a shame to that. That's why we're demanding loud and clear. When I say eviction moratorum, you say now. Eviction moratorum

now. Mayor Fry, eviction moratorum now. Governor Waltz, eviction moratorum now.

Ice out of Minneapolis now. Ice out of Minnesota now. and ice out of everywhere.

Governor Walls, you have the power to act. You have emergency power and this is a [ __ ] emergency.

If people cannot safely work, move or live, then eviction is violence. Do not sell us out. Declare an eviction moratorum now. Mayor Fine, this city belongs to the people, us, not ICE.

We don't need statements. We need actions. We don't need swear words and collaboration and compliance. Stand with the community, not federal terror. We say money for schools, not for ICE.

Money for schools, not for ICE. Money for schools, not for ice. Money for housing, not handcuffs.

Money for housing, not handcuffs. Money for care, not cages. Money for not cages.

And let us say this together so there's no confusion. No rates. No rates. No evictions.

No evictions. No collaboration. No collaboration. Community control. Now control now.

Legalization for all. Legalization for all because we're not leaving and we are not backing down. And we will not be declaring while our communities are under attack. Because this is what solidarity looks like. This is what resistance looks like. And this is what power looks like right here, right now. In fact, us not us.

This is what resistance looks like. This is what resistance looks like. Show me what resistance looks like.

This is what resistance looks like. Show me what resistance looks like. This is what resistance looks like.

Show me what resistance looks like. This is what resistance looks like. I want to introduce our first speaker who is with the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. Give a big hand for Isaac. Give me one second. Well, thank you everyone for being here. My name is Isar. I have the honor of being a member of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee.

Thank you. Dearly beloved, look, we're going through unprecedented times as a nation. We are a massive display of force and power, a behemoth. But when it comes to principles today, we are so small and so weak. We are under the attack and terrorizing techniques applied by the Trump administration in order to create fear, hunger, and obedience. And in return, we the people, we the people rose against these occupations of our state, our streets. We will not bow down.

These attacks have done nothing, absolutely nothing, but bring us all together as a community.

We are neighbors looking out for neighbors, families looking out for other families,

teachers looking out for students, doctors looking out for patients, Humans looking out for humans.

Demonstrations of the most remarkable kindness have been organized all over the state, all over the country, all over the globe. People have unnecessarily given their lives defending our most basic human rights. Say their names. Renee Good and Alex Freddy. Alex,

the irony of this current situation is that we, the immigrants, are the ones targeted by doing what we do best. We always get the job done.

But now, immigrant families can't even afford to pay rent for the houses that we built. Some families don't even need refriger refrigerators anymore because they don't have any food to put in them. We have plenty of military gear used to intimidate our residents on our streets, but we don't have enough schools to teach them about their basic human rights.

The families are hiding in their homes because they are afraid of those who work forces and also burn crosses. In honor of these bravest, brave motans that are still fighting day after day and our neighbors who cannot join us for fear of the state. We the people demanding we are demanding that the governor implement the statewide eviction moratorum. tame walls. If you can't if you can end this occupation, at least at least suspend the eviction caused by the same.

Thank you. And let's do a little chant. Repeat after me, please. We're not cold. We're not afraid.

We're not cold. We're not afraid. Renee and Alex taught us to be brave. Thank you.

That means fight, fight, fight. Break down the wall. Lucha. lucha lucha. When I say chingga, you say chenga.

So chingga la is basically [ __ ] ice in Spanish. If you don't know what that means in English, it means [ __ ] ice.

[ __ ] [ __ ] ice. [ __ ] ice. When I say ice out, you say [ __ ] ice. Ice out. Ice up

and make some noise for yourself. All right, so that was the the English and Spanish lesson. This is the math lesson. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 I said 9 10 11 9 10 11 9 10 11 We want justice. You say how?

We want justice. You say how? Stop the deportations now. Stop the deportations now.

We want justice. You say who? We want justice. You say who? Stop the deportations.

Stop the deportations. Now we want justice. You say how? We want justice. You say how? Stop the deportations now.

Stop the deportations now. We want justice. You say how? We want justice. You say how?

Stop the deportations now. Stop the deportations now. We want justice. You say how?

We want justice. You say how? Drop all the charges now. Drop all the charges now. Drop all the charges now.

Drop all the charges now. Drop all the charges now. Drop all the charges now. We are not marching out. We're going to have a few more speakers here. I'm going to pass it to Lizzie to introduce her.

All right. So, our next speaker is an educator with TCC forJ. They've been a longtime member. Up next is Loretta from GCC Project.

All right, I won't ask how everybody's doing because I feel like we're just all surviving and functioning right now.

Um I can tell you that's how I'm feeling. But um there are times when my activism and my day job collides and it happened in 2022 when I was an educator on strike. And now it's becoming harder to educate in this environment. You try to find moments of joy, but you worry for your students, your co-workers, your own children, and yourself.

You worry about if the kid you saw on Monday, will you see them on Tuesday? You you worry if your co-workers got home or to work safely. you worry about for your kids when you hear about their friends and classmates and what's happening to them.

Yeah, excellent. Here is the thing that gets me out of bed that gets me motivated is things like this is is actions like this. The fact that we are resisting this occupation because that's what it is, an occupation. We're protecting, but here we are protecting our neighbors. We're feeding each other. We're making sure our kids are educated even under these circumstances because who keeps us safe?

We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? Who keeps us safe? I'm sorry if this offends any of you, but I'm not sorry. I'm not waiting on the mayor or the governor to stop this. Now I hear the the demand is for an eviction moratorum and Tim Walls can do that.

He's trying to say he can't is he's going to get sued and all that. Well, [ __ ] that [ __ ]

People are People are suffering. People can't go to work. That's right. So what what So how are they going to pay their rent if they can't work? Cuz they're too afraid to go to work.

That's right. Anyway, I want them to uh they think that dialogue is going to help. It's not.

Now, ICSE has killed two people in this city within two weeks. Donald Trump, Tom Holman, Christy Gnome, anybody else. They don't care who they kidnap, kill, or ma. We are the ones who can stop this. We need to use our power because there are more of us than them.

So, keep showing up. Keep following those ICE agents with your whistles. Keep keep helping our mutual aid folks because Trump and all them, they hate this. They hate that in Minnesota we're taking care of each other and we're protecting each other.

And we've done this before, but this ain't new. We've been through this before.

Now, I don't really like using the word resilient, but that's what we are. And we're I'm hearing the ICE agents are tired and scared. Well, good. Yeah, cuz we're tired of them, too. They need to go.

Our neighbors are going to Our neighbors need to feel safe. Our city, our state needs to feel safe. Our students need to be able to come to school without fear. So with the ass, please be kind to your educators in your life

cuz we are once again teaching while the world is falling apart. But just know we are going to fight and win cuz when we fight,

we win. When we fight, we win. When we fight, we win. Thank you. Thank you, Loretta. When we fight,

we win. When we fight, we win. When we fight, we win. When we fight, we win. Give it up for yourselves, too, everyone.

All right, we're going to be chanting here for a little bit. Can I say money for school?

If you're just joining us, this is Tina Des. We are live at the IP rally and protest in Minneapolis. They are basically asking the mayor to make a rent moratorum happen. Many of the immigrant families that have been affected by ICE operations are no longer afford to pay rent and they are have concern about being evicted. When I say what do we want a member of legalization your membership is what helps these trips for $5 a month when do we want it help us pay for our hotels equipment we lost a microphone yesterday due to so we're going to have to replace that now so anyway if you can afford to do it we would really really appreciate the support you can go to What do we want?

Legalization. When do we want it? Now. What do we want? Legalization. When do we want it?

Now. When I say if Renee don't get it or if I want you to say shut it down. If Renee don't get it. One of the things I'm noticing has emasculated language.

Shut it down. Freaky don't get it. Shut it down. If Alex don't get it, shut it down. Orlando don't get it. Shut it down.

Victor don't get it. Shut it down. If Alex don't get it, shut it down. Renee don't get it.

Shut it down. Orlando don't get it. Shut it down. Freaky don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. We don't get it. Shut it down. We don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. We don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. A Victor don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down.

Don't get it. Shut it down. Don't get it. Shut it down. If we don't get it, shut it down. If we don't get it, shut it down. If we don't get it, shut it down. If we don't get it, shut it down. If they don't get it, shut it down. If don't get it, shut it down. If Victor don't get it, shut it down. If don't get it, shut it down. If don't get it, shut it down. If Liam don't get it, shut it down. And if we don't get it, shut it down.

I'm [ __ ] amped right now, you guys. Uh, our next speaker is Cedar from People's Action Coalition Against Trump. They're uniting grassroot organization against Trump's dumbass agenda here in Twin Cities. Give it up for Cedar. Hello everyone.

My name is Cedar. I'm uh speaking on behalf of the People's Action Coalition Against Trump or PAT. And we are a coalition of Twin Cities based organizations who are uniting to fight back against Trump's attacks here in the US and across the globe. In the cat, we know that our issues are all connected and an attack against one is an attack against everyone.

We are seeing this right here, right now. And we witnessed this after the ICE murder of Renee Good. Renee herself knew this. The same goes for Alex Prey. The same goes for countless unnamed people resisting ICE. that we do not see. What we are seeing here is people power. What we're seeing here is working people moving together to fight back against the ruling class. Whether it's attacks on the economy, demonstrations in the street, kicking white supremacists like Jake Lang and Greg Mino out of Minneapolis. Whether it's participating in mutual aid or rapid response, the people of Minnesota have struck so many blows against the enemy these past few weeks.

Give it up for yourselves. And make no mistake, the reason we're able to do this is we have been paying attention. We have been organized for years and decades. We've been paying attention to the destruction caused by US imperialism. The destruction that kills working people to pad the pockets of billionaires. We see this glaringly in other countries like the genocide in Palestine brought on by US desire for control of the Middle East. We see this here in the US where the weapons used against Palestinians are brought back here to be used against black communities after the police kill them.

Chemical weapons used on black and brown communities when police protect property over people.

We see our connected struggles when Palestinians share with Ferguson activists how to protect themselves from these chemical weapons. So when we know this, it isn't shocking to learn that ICE is also trained by the Israeli military and uses the same surveillance technologies that we see here. Like Palunteer,

we see this destruction in Central and South America with the revival of the racist Monroe Doctrine, with the recent attacks on Venezuela reminding us of the beginning of the Iraq war. And just as the people knew then, we know now that the people do not want another war for oil.

We know that these interventions and then sanctions that are later placed on countries that don't comply create conditions for immigration that the ruling class then tries to stop. Shame in the account. We know the devastation of US imperialism also extends to our bodily health and reproductive autonomy. Just as Americans are being denied reproductive care in the form of uh abortion bans and funding crisis pregnancy centers, women exposed to the weapons of war and their toxins are known to be at a higher risk for reproductive health harms.

And this is not separate from here in the US where toxic industrial plants and refineries are constantly placed in poor black or brown communities. When we make these connections, we are better fit to understand that our common enemy is the ruling class. And when we make these connections, we are united. When I think when I think of this international solidarity, I think of the murals of George Floyd painted on walls in Palestine.

When we are united, we can never be defeated. The people united will never be defeated.

The people united will never be defeated. El Pablo. Please follow the People's Action Coalition on Instagram so you can keep up with our upcoming events. The people united will never be defeated.

The people united will never be defeated. The people united will never be defeated. The people united will never be defeated. The people united will never be defeated. The people united will never be defeated. All right, we have a Carlos Cordoso with a brand. If you're close to the truck, please come up. If not, welcome to our next speaker. You still coming?

Still come up. Still come up. Still come up. Okay. So are we. Okay. All right. We are introducing Mayoon from American Muslims for Palestine.

We are proud to be international solidarity activists first and foremost. And when we say from Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go. From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go.

From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go. From Palestine to Mexico,

all the walls have got to go. From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go. Thank you, Mason.

Before I start, I'm going to start with a chant. From Minnesota to Palestine, from Minnesota to Palestine,

occupation is a crime. Occation is a crime. From Minnesota to Palestine, From Minnesota to Palestine,

occupation is a crime. Occupation is a crime. Minnesota, make some noise. I want to start off by thanking the people of Minnesota for standing for our children, for standing for our stores, for our neighbors. We keep us safe. And I want to say as a teacher, when I see my little students role playing as ice, pretending to kill each other, that's when we know that this government, that this president has failed us. We keep us safe.

We keep us safe. But I want to say to anyone in this audience, let me wake you up. If you've been tweeting, this is not the America I know. We are all united everywhere. It's just this year I want to wake you up to what BIPO communities have been facing for decades and hundreds and hundreds of years.

From the slave captures to the boarding schools to the over 1 million killed in Iraq to the little boys to the brown men swooped up and taken to Guantanamo. And most importantly, get this on record to the genocide. The genocide in Gaza, the genocide against my people funded by this country. Shame.

So for you thinking, if you're thinking we just have to tackle it here, you are wrong. Raise your hand if you know that ICE trains with the IDF, the Israeli Defense Force. Raise your hand.

This is not a conspiracy. Let me tell you, this is not a conspiracy. Search it up. They brag about the same methods of counterterrorism, of surveillance, of legs on the neck, [ __ ] on this country. So let me tell you right now, if you want to oppose ICE, which we should, let us also oppose the entity that trains them, Israel, which has killed my people, detained my people, taken my people, has left us to die with no one to help. Injustice everywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere. I'll end with this chant. From Minnesota to Palestine,

from Minnesota to Palestine, occupation is a crime. Occupation is a crime. From Minnesota to Palestine,

from Minnesota to Palestine, occupation is a crime. Occupation is a crime. Thank you, Minnesota. Make some noise. Thank you.

Try this one earlier. We're going to try this chant again. For those of you who don't know Spanish, that means cops. They're pigs all the same. Make some noise.

Our next speaker is a rank and file member of Education Minnesota, a proud educator, and a member of the anti-war committee Meredith. We all know that our state is under siege from ICE. Everywhere we go, we see ICE. Or we hear of yet another family that has been torn apart. Or learn that we know yet another person who knew Renee Good or knew Alex Prey. But today, I'm here to talk to you as an educator about how these inhumane and blatantly illegal actions are affecting our students, families, and staff. At my school, about 40% of our student body is Latino. And over the past month, the number of students who have officially enrolled in flexible learning options have risen to about 20% of our student body.

between students who aren't coming to school because they don't feel safe or students who aren't communicating with the school at all, the students who have been deported, the students who have self-deported. Our hallways, our cafeterias, and our classrooms don't feel safe, don't feel right. Our community is in a hole. Everyone feels the emptiness of our missing community members. And this angers me as a teacher. Our students have the right to an education.

And Trump is denying them this basic right. They should feel safe at their schools. They should feel safe at their bus stops. Care is reporting Care 11 is reporting that it costs $18 million a week for ISIS Twin Cities operations. Just to show you what we could do with that money, Minneapolis public schools alone, this is just one school district in the state of Minnesota, which is among so many that is facing a deficit this year because of all the cuts from the federal government. Every district is cutting teachers this year.

Minneapolis alone is facing a $30 million deficit this year, which that deficit from Minneapolis alone could be cut, could be dealt with in just 2 weeks of ISIS's operation here. Can you imagine that?

Which actually improves our society more? ICE terrorizing our neighborhoods, scaring our kids away from schools and bus stops, shooting immigrants, taking people from hospitals, murdering observers, attacking protesters, or fully funded schools that educate our children to read, do math, and write. I would rather fund schools and invest in kids. Everyone deserves a right to a public education in this country, regardless of how they got here or regardless of what paperwork they do or do not have.

Using our tax dollars to support the terror of ICE is exactly the opposite of this. despite. So the beautiful part is that despite these horrific conditions, our community is coming together to defend our immigrant siblings. Teachers are driving food and supplies to their students houses and getting van licenses to drive their students to and from schools. Parents are driving their neighbors kids to and from school. Teachers and parents are patrolling schools before and before and after school to try to provide a sense of protection from ICE.

Neighbors are rushing to ICE raids to document these abductions despite the risk to themselves. Even after two murders, more and more people are showing up in the streets to say, "No, we're going to film these things."

And our students are organizing amazing walkouts in subzero temperatures to stand up for their classmates and announce ice. And the whole world is watching us. People all over the world are inspired by our refusal to back down in the face of this paramilitary occupation of Minnesota by ICE.

People are taking to the streets from LA to Chicago to Texas to say that ICE is out of control and that this war on immigrants has got to end. There is national outrage about what is happening here because we have been on the streets and tens of thousands multiple days demanding ICE out.

We have not let the the media or the politicians nationally or locally look away. And we must continue to do all of this because you remember when we fight we win.

Money for schools and education. Money for schools and education. Not for ICE and deportation.

Money for ice and deportation. [ __ ] eyes. [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] I am so excited to march with you. Money for schools and education.

Money for schools and education. Not for heist and deportation. Not for he and deportation.

Money for schools and education. Money for schools and education. Not for heist and deportation.

Not for ICE and deportation. Money for schools and education. Money for schools and education.

Not for heist and deportation. for us in deportation. I will say really quick, one of our main demands right now is that we need funding for distance learning, especially at the schools, at the suburb schools and the rural schools. These students are threatened with not being able to graduate because they cannot safely attend their classes. So, we want money for them, for real people's needs, for our human services here at home. Why the [ __ ] are we paying these untrained [ __ ] these racists to kill us?

All right, we're going to start marching in a few as Carlos Cordoso still here from the DOS. Also, Victor, the gentleman who was working with the sound system, uh, we can't figure it out.

You up here. Okay, never mind. We got Yan here from Mir. Um, okay. Before we march some housekeeping rules, can I have all the marshals raise your hand?

These are the people that keeps us safe because we keep us safe. But I want you guys to follow their directions as well. Don't try to stray from the crowd. Stand behind the banners. Stand behind the signs. So, tighten up your laces, zip up your pants, wrap your scarfs around your neck, hold up your signs, cuz we're moving forward. Let's [ __ ] go.

Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe?

We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.

Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe?

We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.

Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe?

We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.

Who keeps us safe? They keep us safe. So, we have breaking news uh that's coming out now. A federal judge has now denied Minnesota's request to end the ice surge in Minneapolis. Judge Kate Mernandez denied a request by the state and cities to end the operation and send the 3,000 ICE agents home. This is reporting coming out of the Guardian this morning. The state of Minnesota and city of Minneapolis had argued that the Trump administration violated the 10th amendment of the Constitution which enshrines states autonomy for federal intervention beyond powers outlined in the Constitution.

But the judge said the state's argument provided no metric by which to determine when lawful law enforcement became unlawful. commentary simply arguing that the excesses of operation metro surge are so extreme that the surge exceeds whatever the whatever line must exist. Um she went on to argue that there's no real metric to to determine whether or not this order would prevent anything further from happening. I just this is crazy to me. So that has been denied now. So, we are starting to march through uh Minneapolis. We just left Bryant Square Park. This is the ice out protest. They are uh asking that the mayor, Mayor Fry, institute a rent moratorum.

One thing that's been happening here and in other cities that doesn't get discussed as much as the violence that the ICE agents is committing is that many folks afraid to go to work, afraid to go out and shop are just simply staying home. It is causing loss in wages and loss in small businesses. They can no longer afford to pay for rent.

We will say it every time. We will say it every time. Protesting is not a crime.

Protesting is not a crime. When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? So I also want to talk about some of the anti-semitism that we have seen come from Border Patrol and in particular uh Bino. Earlier on, when they first started operations in Los Angeles, the Border Patrol, the California Border Patrol account on Instagram actually posted a small video and the video was basically showing ICE agents arresting people, but they used the soundtrack from an Michael Jackson song that he had later apologized for and redid, but part of that track was using the Kword. word, which is a anti-Jewish slur, and making some other anti-semitic remarks. So, what they had done on this border patrol account is used just that little section, that 20 seconds of that part of the song, and they put it over the the videos of people getting arrested. It was incredibly anti-Semitic. Um, at the

time, I'm not sure if it was Instagram or Meta that took it down or if Border Patrol did, but it came down pretty quickly. And I want to tie that into something that just happened with Mr. Bavino in regards to Minneapolis. So according to several people with knowledge of a telephone conversation which took place on January 12th. Mr. Bevino made derisive remarks about the faith of the US attorney in Minnesota, Daniel N. Rosen, who is Jewish. Mr. Rosen is an Orthodox Jew. He observes Shabbat, which is today.

Uh, so Mr. Beino, who has been the face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, used the term chosen people in a mocking way, according to the people with knowledge of the call. He also asked sarcastically whether Mr. Rosen understood that Orthodox Jewish criminal criminals don't take weekends off. So incredibly anti-Semitic gentleman Mr. Mr. Boino is as if we need to tie that with all the other further evidence of his misdoings.

If you are just joining us, this is Tina Desiree Berg reporting for Status News on the Midas Touch Network. We are marching through Minneapolis right now as part of the ICE out international or national protest day. In particular, this group is asking for Mayor Frey to put a moratorium on rent so people are not evicted for not being able to pay their bills. Should we try to get to the front a little bit?

We're going to walk up here to the front so you can get a better view of how many protesters are here right now. Several hundred. As you can see, it goes all the way back.

Say at least a thousand. At least a thousand. Yeah. I'm going to try to get some interviews with some folks.

But this is an aspect that hasn't been as widely discussed as the ICE agent violence. Uh people are afraid to go to work. They're afraid to go out and shop. We had gone to the Marcato, which is the Spanish supermarket here in Minneapolis, and the Carmel Mall, which is a Somali market, and it was pretty dead in there. There were there were just booths that were shut down with nobody attending to them. Um, we did speak with several of the booth uh business folks there. None of them wanted to go on camera, but I can tell you that they were all deeply concerned about their employees uh not wanting to come to work obviously and also their their consumers not wanting to come and shop.

So the need for a rent moratorum is probably very real. So, it is actually warmer today than it has been. We've got 10°.

We're not negative, which is a plus. We lost our microphone yesterday. It was so cold.

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How do we stop her? Community control. MPD kills patrol. How do we stop her? Community control.

MPD kills patrol. How do we stop her? Community control. MPD girls on patrol. How do we stop them?

Community control. MPD kills on patrol. How do we stop them? Community control.

My name is Morgan. So, your name is Morgan. You're with the Miracization. You're the main organizer for this protest.

Yes, we are. Yes, we are. Mirac. So, one of the things you're asking for is a rent moratorum.

Yes, we are. Um, I don't think that's something that's been discussed widely as or not as widely as ice age violence. How bad is the economic need in Minneapolis right now?

Well, just the way it is right now with the terror on the streets, there's so many people that aren't able to go to work. The restaurant industry in the city is pretty much in shambles because of, you know, these legal immigrant these these immigrants who've done no crime at all being swiped off the streets. They're afraid to go to work, they're afraid to go outside to get groceries, they're afraid to do their laundry even. So these people, they've been unable to work, unable to earn money. And not only are they at risk of being kidnapped out the streets, they're at risk of being kicked out of their houses. So it's kind of necessary. It's kind of necessary right now.

True. And in fact, I had gone to the Marcato over in I think the Powder Horn area, and I tried to get some of the stall owners there to talk to me on camera. They were afraid to, which I completely understand. Um, unlike speak Spanish, but one of the things that really kind of struck me was that it was dead in there. There wasn't even people shopping in the handful of booths that were still open.

That's how it is in a lot of restaurants around these parts. True. There are restaurants that are too afraid to even open their doors. you know, they'll have somebody behind the door opening it up, you know, just to checking the coast to see if it's safe before they open up the door to their customers. As you can imagine, that's causing all these, you know, small local businesses to suffer immensely, you know. So, when I was here about 3 weeks ago, I actually caught the tail end of a raid that was right down the street from the Micardo where a border patrol agents had rolled into like I believe it was a bakery and they grabbed a guy, they left his car there, threw him in the back. But right before right before this happened, um I was able to talk to the business owner and he shared this phone conversation that he had recorded. But a a very racist man had called the business up threatening

him, threatening everybody there saying that they were going to get deported and using racist racial racist race racist I can't get that out slurs. But it was like a really disturbing phone call and then this happened like a couple hours later. Have you heard of any other incidents sort of mirroring that?

I can't say I have, but unfortunately, there are a lot of people who simply just don't care about their neighbor. They don't care about the fact that their neighbors, their, you know, their their co-workers are getting snatched on the street. So, that's what we're here for today, to show that here in Minneapolis, here in Minnesota, we really do care about our neighbors. When a federal agent goes out and shoots somebody on the middle of the street, we're going to show out and show that that's not allowed in this city. Do you feel like all of the rapid responders that are out in the streets are helping protect the community members from getting kidnapped?

Absolutely. Yes, they are. We followed also yesterday some border patrol agents that were following a school bus of elementary kids and everybody came out of the street and cars started following the bus as well to make sure that all the children were brought home safely. We had that report of that other kid that was used as sort of a

5-year-old. Yeah. Have has how common place is that stuff? Do you know? Uh to be honest, that's uh I can't speak too much on that, you know.

Okay. So, what is your main priority at Mira now besides the rent moratorium? Our main goal has been for the past 20 years and will always be legalization for all to end deportations to end all the this money going to these federal agents to make sure that they're used on important things like education, like housing, like food, you know, it's it's the this whole thing. It's just it's a big waste of money, you know. It's exactly what it is. And

do you feel like there's a way to reform the immigration system from Jump anyway? Because I feel the biggest problem is that that has gotten so absurd that it's really difficult to have a legal way to immigrate to the immigrate to the United States.

Um, that's something I can't speak too much on. Yeah. I've got all the weird questions for you today. What are your parting thoughts for us?

Um, you know, take care of your neighbors. That's the main thing. You know, show up. show that your fellow people that you care about them and that you won't let you know some guys in masks take them away.

Thank you so much for talking with us. Thank you. So also there's people coming out here.

Okay. Thank you. So I want to point out some people are coming out of their houses over here. They joined um this guy's just filming, but a guy down here came out and joined the protest.

Oh, sorry. Oh, this guy has a little sign down there on the end. What does the sign say in yellow? I can't. Oh, ice. Okay.

Lots of Chinga Lamigra signs in the crowd, which again is [ __ ] Spanish. You looking to talk to anyone?

Yes. Yes. Hey, I have I'm somewhat of a press contact for the anti-war committee.

Oh, even better. Um, what is your name? My name is Chelsea Sunderland. And so, what part are you guys uh participating in today as far as organization?

Uh, we help support Mir. It's one of the other community organizations in Minneapolis. Uh, we always support each other's actions. Um, we share sound equipment. We help with marshalling and logistics. Um, I mean, they planned this one, right? So, we were taking a back seat, but we they support us, we support them, and there's lots of other organizations as well that are in that network. There's a real sense of community here in Minnesota that I've noticed that I haven't seen elsewhere. It's really deep in here. So, the anti-war committee, what are some of the main focuses that you guys are working on right now? Sure. So, we focus on US anti-imperialism.

Um, so a lot of our focus has been lately on Palestine, Venezuela, uh, Sudan, Congo. Um, but ICE is directly connected to all of that. Um, the Israeli Defense Force, they

practice tactics and and and try out weapons and then they go, "Here's what worked and now let's train the US military and the police." So if people think that what's happening in Palestine is only happening halfway across the world, they're just wrong. That is unfortunately um why the US funds it because they want access to that part of the world and then they want to take that state sanctioned violence and genocide and apartheid and all those awful things back here and see how far they can push us. And if we think we can only have it happen there and not have it come here, we're wrong. And frankly, we shouldn't let it happen there either,

right? And in fact, it's not even just the weapons of war. It's the technology a lot of the uh technology that is is using now whether it's facial recognition from their mobileifi I think it's called app and some other things stemming from the same groups whether it's palunteer ISO group or some of the others um we're seeing that in surveillance tech on the streets of the United States right now where they are absolutely targeting not only immigrants but protesters absolutely they've been surveilling us for a long time um there was recently a campaign to get an Israeli based surveillance um contract out of Minneapolis and um I believe we pressed hard enough to succeed in that which was wonderful. Um and we're going to keep pushing with we don't think that our government should be able to use these tactics on any person ever because all it does is oppress people. We want the focus to be on helping people

instead of controlling people. Because ultimately all of us, we wake up in the morning, we want to get food, we want to have some fun, we want to do our best when we go to work, we want to take care of the people around us. And if everybody really stops for a second and think that is what it's important. And so these goons who want to focus on something other than that, that is so foreign to us in Minnesota and frankly, I think to most human beings.

And um Minnesota's not going to stand for that. We're going to keep taking care of each other. We're going to stand up for what's right and this is not right.

I have one last question cuz I think it ties into something you were sort of touching on and when we first started talking and that is regime change war. So much of the immigration that we're seeing on our border stems from that, right? And these are wars that the United States foreign policy has supported. Do you feel the United States should have some accountability or ownership for some of the problems that foreign policy has created abroad? Absolutely. We benefit from stripping the world of their resources, of their money, of their rights, and then we just want to live on this fancy little silver cloud over here in America. And then those people come here to get away from what we've created as a country, not as a people, but as a government. And um and then we want to vilify them for that. That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. like, "Here, let me set your house on fire and then when you try to

come into mine, I'm going to act like you shouldn't be here, like you don't have a right." I'm the one that set your dang house on fire. And obviously, that's a bit, you know, simpler in terms, but yeah, I believe that we need to either take our business out of other countries and let them dictate everything for themselves, or if we're going to keep meddling, then of course we have to welcome refugees.

Indeed. One last question because I I still don't think we should meddle. Walk. Okay, we can walk and talk. Um, I want to ask you about the judge. You might not know this yet. The judge just ruled in the state's injunction about getting ICE out of the state like I believe about a half hour ago and the judge denied it. So, what are your thoughts on that? She's basically saying that even though things are bad, she's not sure that I guess my reading on this like an attorney would have a better reading, but from what I just read that there's some sort of supremacy clause with the federal government over states rights, which is kind of weird because these are the guys that have been arguing states rights over federal crap for decades now. Anyway, but what are your thoughts on that?

I can't speak to the legality of it or even what that judge's thoughts are. But in this country, we we used to have laws that people could be owned. We used to have laws that women couldn't vote. So just because something is a law doesn't make it right. And just because a judge upheld something doesn't make it right. Um judges have upheld a lot of [ __ ] in history. And I think if we all look at what our moral code is and what looks right to us, we will see that that doesn't make any sense.

No, it it absolutely doesn't make sense. And it sort of touches on this idea. So that the constitution says we the people. It applies rights universally. It doesn't say that rights only belong to white male property owners. Although I would argue that the founding the founding fathers probably thought that was the case. It does say all right. All men are created equal. So there's a whole sort of um group of thinkers in the country that come with this idea make something of it that this is what the the doctrine says regardless of whether they meant white male property owners. It says all men are created equal. But let me ask you this. Is it have we crossed a bridge now where we can't get back to that or do you think we can re um reconfigure the way things are going and get back to like expanding civil rights? I think the only way to make that happen is to make sure that our leaders cannot profit from their

leadership. As soon as people are able to line their pockets or line their friends pockets, um we lose integrity in our leaders. We need people who are truly looking out for us, who understand what our needs are. Half these people have never even been to a grocery store for themselves.

They have no idea what our life is like. They don't know what it's like to call about a medical bill to fight $50 extra dollars because you can't afford the $50 extra dollars they're charging you. They have no idea what it's like to sit on a phone for 2 hours to fight for $50 so that I can pay my bills. Like they just they're so out of touch. They have no idea. We all know exactly what that stuff is like. We know what those small injustices are. We understand that the society is not built to help us but to hurt us. said, "We're going to fight against it until we have more rights."

We are born with human rights. It's our government that takes those away from us. We all have those rights and nobody can tell us that we shouldn't have them. So, we will stand out here and say, "No, these are our rights. We deserve them. We have them. Stop telling us we don't."

The Enlightenment writers would agree with you. I think so. I think so. I'm a mother and I can't imagine my kids growing up into what they want the world to look like. So, I'm going to be out here fighting for a better life uh for that future generation. And just like those teachers talked about, those kids deserve to school, to go to school safe, to know their parents are going to be there when they get home. And um yeah, Minnesota's showing up. So, I love it. Do you think there's a direct through line between the income inequality in the country, the fact that the majority of Congress people are millionaires to the hatred that sort of undergurs a lot of the ICE activity that's come and a lot of the support for ICE activities comes from the MAGA? In a way, I think um I don't know if this is exactly what you're asking, but you know what they pay those people. I've heard up to 200,000 plus

bonuses after they stay for a few years. uh large bonuses. I've heard that they're paying off debts. Um our country has created conditions for people to be desperate enough to go for those jobs. And I'm not saying that none of those guys aren't evil white supremacist [ __ ] cuz most of them are, of course. Um but we also have to consider the conditions that got us here and that people are so desperate for money that this is the kind of job they'll take to dig themselves and their families out of the hole. So again, I'm not justifying it for these guys. They're still [ __ ] But it's just like thinking about these extra things, these extra layers that our society, our government has placed upon all of us. So even those people to an extent are victims of this society. And they could have jobs that aren't making them into giant [ __ ] [ __ ] and criminals. They could have jobs. We should all have jobs that

provide for our families and give us a better life. And it when we fight on the streets, we're fighting for those [ __ ] too. It's just like we want everybody to have what they need, including the [ __ ] Sorry, I don't know if you

No, no, you're you're you can swear on our channel. It's fine. I I do think you're right on that. We can look at a prognosis or a symptom of why things become the way they are without condoning it.

Um and I do think that the income and inequality in the country is undergirling a lot of the increase in fascism. If people can't pay their bills, if someone tells them to blame the brown immigrants instead of the billionaires on top, and they can't quite work out the logistics of that, they fall into that trap, right? Um I do think the Democratic party

um has a choice to make. Now they can offer a left exit to the income inequality, meaning a left way to get out of whether some sort of FDR policy, a return to progressive workingclass politics, or we leave that that door open where some right-wing phony populists like Donald Trump uh sort of takes over that void. Although I think he's sort of doing himself himself in now because a lot of that stuff that he promised about correcting he has not delivered on. Yeah, it's it's almost like

nonsense to even comment on sometimes. You know what I mean? It's just like gosh, what do you even say to something that's so silly, you know? It's just like

I don't know how we I don't know how we got here. These these people are just so selfish. They just want all this power and

and they're in a cult. MAGA is a cult. I mean, so many times I've tried can do no wrong. They sit there and say they want to protect children and then he openly talks about looking at children naked against their will and um and they're like, "Well, but it's fine cuz they're hot girls." It's like, "No, they're children. They were children. I don't care if you think they're hot. They were children." And a man walked through their dressing room while they were naked and then openly bragged about it.

It's pretty gross. I agree. It's But they don't. But that's the thing is they literally do not care. And that's because those are the type of people they are. His followers are like, "Hell yeah, go look at those hot babes. Those hot underage women. No, they're children." No, you're right. I mean, how many times have some of his Twitter followers been like, "Maybe we should change the age of consent. Is 18 too high? Is 14 too high?" And you're just like, "Are you kidding me right now? A 14-year-old cannot consent?" Even though

castrate all rapists and pedophiles chemically. I think we might not have to hire you as a co-host. I heard they were doing that in Italy.

Really? I heard they made a lot. I don't I don't You fact check that, but I don't know.

All right, that might be a bridge too far for me, but I get the sentiment. Um, someone is like, I've never been so proud to be Italian. I was like, damn.

So, what are the next steps? Um, today we're asking for the rent moratorum. What else is on the agenda in the next week or two? you know, we're looking further out than a week or two to really do what we need to do. We've got to think long term and be ready for a long strike. So, we've got to start creating our networks. We've got to talk to our neighbors. We've got to be ready to do mutual aid. We need food distributors and um medical workers to be ready to do those things for free while we're striking so that um we can continue to take care of each other without actually moving money around. Um, I'm not going to pretend to be the expert on setting that all up. I've actually been looking into it to learn more, to understand what we need in place. Um, but we're going to need food in place, money in place. Uh,

so this is more or less an expansion of the general strike into something that's sustainable more than one day. A genuine strike is more long-term and it does need to be um coinciding with the labor unions. That's really the where the big power is, too. Um, and labor is such a big part of this movement. They have been huge in supporting it already. That's why Minnesota is so successful is we're s we have such strong labor unions here. And even the ones that aren't technically unions, like they do a good job of organizing themselves. And um it it's going to take a lot of preparation, but then we're going to have to be prepared to hold out for a long time cuz one day here and there it sends a message, but it doesn't really hurt their wallets cuz we're just going to spend that money the next day or the next week. We have a speaker basically saying that they were spending $18 million, was it a week or every two

weeks that she said, on ICE operations here alone, just in Minneapolis. That is an insane amount of money. So that is money that could be going into, you know, funding better education, health care for folks, etc., etc. In addition to that, the Minnesota State Board of Investment, which is chaired by the governor, Tim Walls, the second here to Recaliber. You're doing a great job, Will.

You are doing great, Will. Um, this the state board, the Minnesota State Board of Investment, it's chaired by four people. the governor Tim Walls, the state secretary uh Steve Simon, our attorney general Keith Ellison, and our state auditor Julie Blaha. The four of them decide how they invest Minnesota money for pensions and public pensions and really great things. However, $5.4 billion of Minnesota money um is currently invested in apartheid and genocide. And so we have been trying to get them to divest that money um away from Planeteer or Palanteer which you heard about today but also like General Dynamics um you know even like Google who's helping you know with certain technologies like you had mentioned the surveilling um so we are we are also trying to get Minnesota money divested in that way um even separate from what they're paying the ICE people. Oh, wait. Hang on a second. Right. Wait, wait.

I want to know why you're such a [ __ ] Hey, Christie. No. Ah, I want to know why you're such a [ __ ]

All right. Who Who came up with that song? Is that just organically happening here?

All right, we have a little Christy Gnome. I'm Tina Chelsea. here, Chelsea. I'm from Los Angeles actually.

Okay, welcome. How long have you been in town? Uh, well, a month total, but I left and came back. I had some I actually had a test I had a subpoena to testify in a case.

Hey folks, this is Will uh from behind the camera. Just wanted to say thank you all for tuning in. And if you're not already a member, I hope you'll consider subscribing to Status Coup at statusc.com/join. We've actually been out here in Minneapolis for over a month at this point um between rotating team members and it's really expensive to maintain that. We don't take any money from corporates uh corporate sponsorship or anything like that. We are 100% independently funded and we've actually spent over $25,000 in logistical costs and salaries etc to maintain a presence on the ground here in Minneapolis as the scene's been changing and making sure that we can bring you that true on the ground coverage. So if you don't if you don't mind and if you can spare the five bucks, it goes a long way to keep us out here, keep us warm and help us, you know, maintain our equipment. Like Tina said, we've had a microphone on the

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Here it says welcome here. Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here.

Say it loud. Say clear. Immigrants are welcome here. Say it loud. Say clear. Immigrants are welcome here.

Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. How many people do you think are marching today? Over a thousand. Couple thousand. Anybody thought of how many people are here?

Immigrants are welcome. It's pretty long march. Let me reach out to the people doing tactical, okay? Cuz they will have an estimate and I can tell you. That'd be great.

Right. We're going to get an estimate of uh how many bodies are here today. It looks like a couple thousand to me.

Immigrants are welcome here. And it's like wearing a mess at these things. Immigrants are welcome here.

Immigrants are welcome here. Say loud. Immigrants are welcome here. Say it loud. Say clear.

Immigrants are welcome here. Say it loud. Say clear. Immigrants are welcome here.

Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. Wildly. Trump put out a a post a truth what is that truth social post. Sorry, couldn't remember his site name. saying that basically the reason people hate Christine Gnome is because she's a woman and she's doing a good job, which was kind of a wild flex coming from a guy like Donald Trump given not only his, you know, grab them by the [ __ ] retorque and other misogynist stuff, but also the way he behaved in the 2016 election. So for him to be kind of sort of pivoting to that as a justification or reason as to why people are disliking Christy other than the fact that she is

just not a great person. Let's leave it at that. Um what are your do you have thoughts on that as a woman?

Definitely. Uh first I think it's so cute that his social media channel has the word truth in it. Like no you guys it's the truth. Like I swear

it's the truth. Like so cute for him. We're all entitled to our own facts in MAGA world.

I guess. Um but I also think it's funny. Um of course he thinks we're judging her just for being a woman cuz that's what he does.

If you if you look at the way people talk about other people, it really reflects how they treat people. So I'm sure he mistreats people just from being a woman. And his mistake is that most of us do not.

Right. That's the thing like I've often wondered about why sometime let's be honest there is very much real misogyny in the world. I've seen it. I've experienced it. I'm not I'm not saying there isn't because there definitely is. But not everything is because of misogyny, right? There's also very other real other reasons for people to not like somebody else. And this is a guy that used to sort of tend to that latter idea, not the former one. So I just thought it was a strange pivot. Yeah,

it's a deflection. You know, it's it's a normal tactic to be like, "No, it's not this. It's this." Like, he's just such a little whiner baby who can't like just stand behind his, you know, actions or doesn't understand why other people stand behind their actions. So then he's just got to come up with his dumb little way of justifying it. And it's like, it's cuz she's a woman, isn't it? It's like I bet I bet that's how you would treat somebody that you didn't like what they you know, I don't know. I just think it's like I don't even like fluffing and talking about it, giving it any air because it's just such a deflection. Like, no, it's not cuz she's a woman, idiot.

So, I love this. There's a there's a gas and flag over here. Well, thank you so much for talking with us. Appreciate your time. We're going to kind of walk up here to the start of the protest. That was one of the organizers we were speaking with. Um, that is sort of a take on a gag gaston flag. The Gaston flag is the one with the snake, the yellow one that says, "Don't tread on me." This This one says,

Does it say tread on me, daddy? I don't have my glasses on. Yes. Okay. I mean, I keep thinking that at some point we are going to see an upside down Gadston flag at one of these protests because truly truly it is instrumentally the case that we are blasting through constit constitutional rights of Americans right now. Whether it's the first amendment, whether it's the fourth amendment,

it's it's, you know, the 10th amendment state rights right now. They're trying to overturn birthright citizenship, the 14th amendment.

Yet, this crowd of right-wing sort of militia folks thus far have not really been joining in. But I think at some point there will be a bridge too far.

They're now chanting, "Fuck you, fascists. [ __ ] you. We are now turning onto the famous Nichollet Avenue that runs through uh the Powder Horn and other areas of Minneapolis.

Very large crowd. Not quite as large as yesterday, but still long long line of marchers here.

Hey ho ho Christy. Hey ho ho ho. Hey Now saying Pam Bondi go to hell. Steven Miller go to hell. Um, I'm hearing the Bruce Springsteen uh song being played in the crowd.

No hate, no fear. No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here is a chant we've heard just about every protest.

Immigrants areelcome no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here. It's slippery out here, folks. The thing happens uh when it warms up to 10° like some of the snow starts melting, then it refreezes and it becomes ice. And this keeps happening repeatedly. Underneath the snow is this very slippery

level or layer of ice. Chingra signs throughout the crowd. Our name grenade our name. Good.

Fernando Castile, say his name. Orlando. Justin, say his name. Dante Wright, say his name.

Dante Hy, say his name. Courtney Williams. Say his name. Say his name. If we don't get it, shut it down. If we don't get it,

shut it down. The America that we are seeing right now is the America that some of some of us already have known. The America that we have had to live with. This is the America that human beings have lost their loved ones and people here in the state of Minnesota have turned a blind eye. There's many politicians that have gone home to their families. There are many local police who have gone home to their families as many of our families have to live with the evil and the corruption way before I showed up.

That's right. And so because they turned a blind eye, now the real evil has shown up. Now there's a real evil against all of us. But we are here today to say that we are putting an end to white supremacy.

We are putting an end to white supremacy. We will not stand for injustices and inequality of any human being for any reason at all.

We will not stand for it. We will not back down. We will not be quiet. We will not shut up.

We will not just sit there and let any human being get mistreated for any reason at all.

So when we say the Assad speech, when we say listen to the words, listen to the words, we have a duty as human beings. We have a duty to stand up for our freedom and not let white supremacy oppress us and hold us down as a people.

We have a duty to win over this evil and this corruption. We must love and support each other. Not for what we look like, not for what we have or what we don't have. Not for our sexual orientation, not for our political beliefs, not for our religion, but as human beings, we must love and support one another.

So, with that being said, I want to thank each and every one of you for doing what you know in your heart is right. For not sitting back and being quiet when people are being heard in the streets. That's right.

We will not tolerate white supremacy. We will not tolerate evil. We will stand up against evil commotion and white supremacy.

We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to fight for our freedom.

We have a duty to win. We have a duty to win. We must love and support one another. We must love one another.

We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have a duty to fight for our freedom.

We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win. We have a duty.

We must love and support one another. We must love and support one another. We have nothing to lose but our chain.

We have nothing to lose for our change. We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have nothing to lose but our chain.

We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have nothing to lose but our chain.

We have nothing to lose but our chain. All power to the people. All power to get it.

Shut it down. If they don't get it shut it down. If Ricky don't get it. Shut it down.

If something don't get it, shut it down. If don't get it, shut it down. If don't get it,

shut it down. If something don't get it, shut it down. If we don't get it, shut it down.

Thank you everybody. Give yourself a round of applause. Thank you. Very, very passionate.

To win, dare to struggle. Away to struggle away. To struggle away to struggle away to struggle.

All power to the people. To the people. All power to the people. To the people.

We actually have a Christino piana pinata. Um, so we're going to whip it out after our last couple speakers. Before our last speaker, we are going to hear from youth with a poem. Thank you so much, Bion, for bringing a poem and a sign.

Go ahead. Go ahead. Changing the narrative. No. Truth survives by being carried quietly from person to person. Not always shouting, not always trending, but living in conversations in kitchens and prayers and whispered hope. You tried to turn entire groups of people into shadows. You spoke of Somalia like it was always struggle only distance only other but you other never saw the mothers, the fathers, the children laughing in small apartments that that hold very big dreams. You never saw the real built, the rebuilding, the surviving, the becoming. Because we are not one story. We are not one headline.

We are not one legal. You can flatten interfere. This land is everyone's. No one is illegal on strong land.

That's right. We are We are the human race. One bread. One sky, one fragile shared future. And love, real love, does not stop at borders. Love crosses oceans. Love learns new languages. Love shows up when it's tired, when it's scared, when it would be e easier to hate. You can build walls. You can build fear. You can build narratives that try to make neighbors like strangers, but you cannot stop truth from moving hard. to heart. Oh, moving part to heart. We choose unity again and again and again because we all belong.

The children are all our children. Will we all die for this baby? Will we continue to show up on the streets for our future generations, for our children, for

All right, up next we have our last speaker from Twin Cities Callers for Justice. Give it up for Jay.

Hello everyone. My name is Jay. I'm with the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice, which is an organization that is under the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

We are also proud members of the People's Action Coalition Against Trump. As a member of both TCC forJ and PACAT, I want to explain why we organize mass mobil mobilizations against any political entity, Republican or Democrat, that fails to uphold basic principles of human rights and who betray the interests of everyday working people. The reason that we protest is not because we believe protesting alone is enough. We protest because it is the best way to demonstrate broad support for progressive ideas in a world that is constantly telling us that meeting each other's needs, standing up against white supremacy are unpopular.

When we mobilize thousands to the streets and those thousands of people all support our immigrant community or stand against police brutality, whether it's MPD or ICE, it exposes the lies and excuses of our political machine. It shows us that both our current corrupt government and its enablers on both sides of the aisle that they will get nothing from us, not our votes, not our money, not our compliance until they submit to the will of the people who pay for their positions.

But simply demonstrating solidarity in the streets cannot be and should not be the only tool in our arsenal. This is why we also fund raise for mutual aid that keeps our neighbors housed and fed during this crisis. It is why we organize defense campaigns for activists targeted by repression. Like the brave city's church demonstrators and journalists like Georgia Fort facing charges for doing her duty as a journalist. This is why PACAP partners with amazing organizations like Mirac and supports the work that they do to train observers to make sure that our immigrant neighbors know their rights. And it's why TCC forj joins the wrongfully incarcerated and oversented families council in call-in campaigns to demand the release of our black elders and Cornelius Jackson who remains imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.

It is also why the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice works to gain democratic control over the police. Not because MPD can be reformed, but because these murderous cops have also brought terror to black, native, and immigrant communities since the days of the slave patrols. There is no reason why as ICE thugs roam our streets terrorizing immigrant families that the people actually putting their bodies between ICE and immigrants should be gassed, beaten, or arrested by local police in the name of crowd control. We should not have to watch MPD fail to intervene when ICE violates the due process of our neighbors while they find time to protect ICE like they did when they allowed the murderer Jonathan Ross to leave the scene of his crime instead of arresting him.

The naked truth is that this is not the first time our city or our country has been under attack.

We must be honest with ourselves. Black and native communities in this country have always lived under the horrific weight of state violence. From the Tulsa massacre to Wounded Knee, the Dakota 38 to the moo bombing to the murders of Jamar Clark and George Floyd, we know this boot on our neck well. And we need everyone to care about all victims of violent law enforcement.

That's right. The fact is, we can demand that MPD follow the separation ordinance, but so long as our mayor is too busy shooting corny promo videos and looking up new swear words for the cameras to exercise control over his pigs, there is no one to make sure MPD follows separation.

We need community control because the people who currently have power over the police do not want to use it. Every dollar that goes toward riot gear, LRADs, and tear gas is money that could be spent on the social services proven to reduce crime in the first place. We pay for these cops to patrol our streets and brutalize us the same way our taxes pay for ICE. As Chairman Frank Chapman of the National Alliance puts it, we cannot abolish something that we don't control.

That's right. That's right. The vision for the future that we all share. Where the needs of ourselves and our neighbors are met. Where we no longer live in fear of violence from our government. Where the needs of our planet are put before the greed of corporations. Where black, native Asian Muslim queer disabled and immigrant lives actually matter. It is more than a slogan. Where the institutions that govern our lives are run by us and not politicians too scared to defend their people. This is in reach only if we are willing to fight for it.

So please join TCC VJ and Mirra in our campaign to strengthen the separation ordinance and gain democratic control over the police so we can put an end to MTV's violence and ICE collaboration.

They are dropping a pinata of Christy space. We will never never forget what you have done to our people. We will never forget you and we will not stop until you are under our boot.

When we fight, we win. When we fight, we win. When we fight, we win. When we fight,

we win. Thank you. The movement proves that when we fight, we win. We want justice. You say how?

We want justice. You say how. Drop all the charges now. Drop all the charges now.

We want justice. You say how? We want justice. You say how? Drop all the charges now. Drop all the charges now.

We want justice. You say how? We want justice. You say how. Ice out of Minnesota now.

Ice out of Minnesota now. We want justice. You say how. We want justice. You say how.

Ice out of Minnesota now. Ice out of Minnesota now. So, everyone needs to stay where they are cuz we are about to march right after we hit this thing. Um, who read the poem? Could you come back to the front?

Make way for Bon. Yes. And Heat. Heat. Everyone stay where you are. Thank you. Everyone stay where you are, please.

So, they just busted open a pinñata Christy Gnome's face. So, we ask that you get behind the banners again. We will be marching again soon.

Please get behind the banners. Thank you so much. Let's go that way. Yeah. Should we go up to the

How you doing? Good. Good. We will say it every time. We will say it every time.

Resisting ice is not a crime. Resisting ICE is not a crime. We will say it every time.

We will say it every time. Resisting ICE is not a crime. Resisting ISIS. get maybe a shot of them marching towards us.

So, we are uh in downtown Minneapolis right now at the Ice Out March uh organized across the country today. This is following the general strike march yesterday. They have a couple thousand people out here today. One of the main asks that they have is that the mayor uh mayor Fry puts a moratorum on rent. A lot of the immigrant population in the city cannot afford to pay rent at this point because they've either not been going to work because they're afraid to go out or not shopping because they're um afraid to go out. So, it's been devastating for small businesses in the Marcato and Caramel Mall.

and other places, restaurants. When do we want it? What do we want? Legalization.

When do we want it? Now. What do we want? Legalization. When do we want it? Now.

Also, breaking news. The 5-year-old that was detained has now been released. That's break. Order to be released. Not been released yet. Okay.

So, we'll pay attention to that. No walls, legalization for all. No troops, no walls, legalization for all.

No troops. No walls. Legalization for all. No troops. No walls. Legalization for all.

No troops. No walls. Legalization for all. No troops. No walls. Legalization for all. No troops, no walls. Legalization for all.

No troops, no walls, legalization for all. Up with liberation. Up with liberation.

Down with deportation. Down with deportation. Up with liberation. Up with liberation.

Deportation. Down with deportation. of liberation. Liberation. If you are not a member of Status Coup, we would very much appreciate if you considered becoming a member. It is your $5 a month that allows us to do this reporting across the country, giving the mic back to the people. Yesterday, we lost our expensive mic. It'll probably cost us $700 to replace, for example. That mic had been through a lot. I know I've taken it into many of many a messy situation, but I think uh just the snow melting and the water getting into the circus tree just Friday yesterday. So, we're going to have to replace that guy.

Um I know we probably spent I don't know over $10,000 being here Minneapolis. Oh my gosh. Okay, we've spent 25,000 being here this month in Minneapolis so far and we're going to stay here. So, please consider joining as a member.

statuscoo.com/join. So, one of the organizations that um is sponsoring and organizing this today, Mirac has actually been doing immigration rights uh work for 20 years. So, they are not a new organization that sprung up in response to ICE, but rather they've been around for a long time trying to get um more legal more legalization of immigration to the country because that's been a struggle for a long time.

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shut it down. If it shut it down, there is only one solution. There is only one solution. Reution.

They've been out here for a couple hours now. The call and response is a little bit slower than it was.

The reution is only. So Christy Gnome has been the target of many signs today, including a piñata of her face that the young poet uh broke open, hitting many times,

many chance about uh some of the things she's done. We talked earlier with one of the organizers about Trump's uh truth social post in regards to saying that Christine was being targeted because she was a woman doing a good job, which is just I'm sorry, that's just not true. As a woman, I'm saying that's just not true. Like there is misogyny in the world and then not everything is about misogyny. You know, sometimes

up with liberation. Sometimes people are just doing bad things. Down with deportation.

Up with liberation. Up with liberation. Down with deportation. Down with deportation. You have anyone tell you marches don't do [ __ ] You're just standing around with sign on their face. Tell them tell them the movement is growing and we have been here and we will always be here. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11.

We are currently marching down First Street. Not too far from Lake Avenue, I believe.

Oh, are we turning this way? We're going this way. Okay, so we are turning. Yeah, I got you.

We're going to move over to the sidewalk for a minute. Maybe they get organized here.

Wait, now it looks like they're going straight. She said they're turning. Keep us safe.

We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? Okay, now they're going straight. Who keeps us safe?

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Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe?

We keep us safe. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. Who got the power? We got the power.

Who got the power? We got the power. We got the power. Power. It's a lot warmer today.

I think it's 10°. So, we are not negative for once. You can actually feel how much warmer it is. It's still cold out, but it feels like sunny California to me right now. It's been so cold.

If you're just joining us, this is Tina Desire Bird reporting for Status Coup News on the Midas Touch Network. We are at the ICE out protest in downtown Minneapolis.

Thousands of people are out here on the street right now marching. What kind of power? people.

One of their main asks is for Mayor Fry to actually institute a moratorum on rent

the power and obviously justice for the two that have been murdered in Minneapolis this month. Renee Good and Alex Freddy. We want you. So, this is uh a breaking news that I think is actually something that's been building for a minute, but it's a change in direction. A small town police chief in Minnesota appears to be the first to intervene on behalf of a resident to prevent them from being arrested by federal immigration agents. So, this is a local law enforcement officer um in the city of St. Peter. This happened on Thursday afternoon.

prevented a federal immigration agent from arresting a local resident. The local resident was filming the agents. So, this is a change in tactic. In the past, we have seen local law enforcement just not doing anything to prevent these federal agents from breaking the law. Um, oftent times breaking up protests uh to prevent them from happening. But this is the first incident that I know that a local police officer has intervened and not allowed the ICE agent to arrest the resident.

I think we might be seeing more of that. You know, one of the things um that you notice is that these DHS agents, I don't know what stripe they are. Sometimes they're either ICE agents, they're border patrol, god knows what else, HSI, erro, but because they aren't clearly identified and they're wearing masks and they have uh, you know nondescript jackets on, it's hard to know what what division they're with. But they they've been breaking a lot of laws. I have filmed a group of them urinating in a public park in Los Angeles, for example.

If a regular citizen had done that, they would have been arrested. The amount of shenanigans surrounding their use of illegal license plates has been documented across the country. I actually did a deep dive for Wired magazine that'll be coming out soon. But and many other things. Um, you know, and I've asked local law enforcement, for example, in California whether they have cited any of these vehicles for using illegal license plates and you get no response. But maybe at some point that will change. Often times what you hear the Trump administration argue in regards to this is the supremacy clause which basically means that federal law supersedes state law.

A guya in front of us has a sign that reads Chauvin needs roommates. I have to admit some of the funny signs I've been seeing seeing out here protest in Minneapolis are pretty epic. There was one the other day, and this is this is for the Prince fans out there, that said basically the only person that knew the revolution revolution was going to start in Minneapolis was Prince. Ice out.

[ __ ] ice. Ice out. [ __ ] ice. Ice out. [ __ ] ice. Ice out. [ __ ] ice. Ice out.

[ __ ] ice. Ice out. [ __ ] Out. [ __ ] Ice out. [ __ ] Out. Out. [ __ ] People chanting [ __ ] eyes ice out as we walk. sign that rainbow one.

I can't see it. Oh, okay. That's pretty funny. Um, are you videoing on that? Super. So, you know the supercalifragilistic espialidocious. Even though this Yeah, that song used to sing it when you were a kid. Somebody has a sign that basically says super callous fragile racist sexist Nazi pus.

Let's sing that. Super callous fragile racist sexist Nazi pus. Oh yeah, there you go. Thank you.

So many great signs in Minneapolis. So creative. I don't know. That one has to win the sign of war though. Super callous racist. I can't even sing it.

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[ __ ] ice out. [ __ ] ice. [ __ ] ice out. [ __ ] ice. [ __ ] ice. [ __ ] ice. [ __ ] ice. [ __ ] out. What did they say? Christine was what?

A birdlegged hoe. A birdlegged hoe. All right. People cheering from inside the house there. Waving through the window. Still lots of uh signs about the Epstein files. They released 3 million more. Um I'm sure more and more is going to come out about what's in those 3 million documents.

Hey, immigrants are welcome here. Hey We are here. We are now approaching East 26th Street.

28th. 28th. Ah, you're right. I lost my glasses the first night here in that giant Malay in front of the hotel. They fell out of my pocket. So, I've been working without my glasses all week. areelcome

immigrants are welcome here. No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome.

Another individual standing outside and waving at the crowd. This is an area that has been hit by a lot of ICE raids. No hate, no fear. are welcome here. Welcome here.

She just came out with a sign. I can't quite make out what it says, but everybody started cheering.

It's that image of that grotesque image of Christine Gnome's face character caricaturized. I believe made made popular by South Park, but uh Okay. The South Park Christine Gnome. Okay.

It's pretty funny. I mean quite honestly she sort of caricatures herself down it shut it Another individual waving at us from inside our home.

It is likely many of these individuals are afraid to come out and join the march. We are in an area of town that has been hit heavily by ice rays. She's shouting love from the window.

Kisses. I love you guys. There's a real sense of community here in Minneapolis that you just don't see in other places. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate. No fear. Immigrants areelcome.

Another one here on the left. No hate. No fear. Cheering on the marchers from inside her home.

She's making a little heart sign with her hands through the window. Looks like three or four kids in there.

Another one on the right. This one's banging a uh jug of some sort. It looks like. Yeah, one of those plastic jugs you get your milk in. waving as people chant no hate no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. This is a neighborhood that has been heavily targeted by ICE. So I would imagine many of these individuals waving at the crowd from inside their homes are afraid to come out.

No, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here. No hate. No fear. Areelcome Hey folks, this is Will from Behind the Camera. Again, I want to thank everybody who's watching on YouTube. We are just 200 YouTube subscribers away from hitting the 700,000 mark. And that is so exciting for us. So, if you're watching and you're not subscribed, please consider just clicking that button and helping us hit that threshold. Seeing all those subscribers really means a lot to us. Helps us stay motivated out here in these Minneapolis streets as we march in the cold along with the community. Uh just just those subscribers means so much to us. And if you're already subscribed, please consider becoming a member and helping us support our work with just $5 a month. It's it's a a small amount for going a long way. It helps us keep us warm and equipped here

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Hello, kitty. As we are marching through this neighborhood, there are people inside houses and apartments on both sides of the street waving at the crowd, blowing kisses, making heart-shaped signs with their hands. This is an area that has been heavily targeted by ICE raids.

There's some in this apartment building, we have a sign that says, "Fuck ice. Ice out." People waving from the top floor down at the crowd. A real sense of community here in Minneapolis. Hey, police. Hey,

choice. guys. [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] I guess Ice down Careful. One thing about my Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. We're heading back towards Nichollet. You say you

say I don't get it. Shut it down. If I don't get it, shut it down. I don't get it.

If I don't get it, I don't get it. We don't get it. We don't get it. Shut it down.

We don't get it. Shut it down. We don't get no justice. They don't get no peace.

If we don't get no justice, then they don't get no peace. They don't get no justice. They don't get no peace.

If we don't get no justice, then they don't get no peace. We don't get no justice.

And they don't get noice. And we don't get no justice. And they don't get no peace.

And we don't get no justice. If we don't get no peace. If we don't get no justice.

And they don't get no peace. When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? Stand up. People are under attack. What do we do? I love that everywhere we go here, people now recognize us.

People just walk around here. Somebody on the truck is now holding an upside down American flag, which is the symbol for distress.

Our democracy is in distress. All right, we're now at 26 and Nichollet. There's a lot of police up here. It looks like

Alex. Uh, okay. So, we're walking by the Alex Pretty Memorial. So, I think the police are just here because they've been here since the memorial was set up. So, not necessarily because there's protesters here.

Alexice actually not that many cops now that I'm looking down there. I need my glasses.

Alexice. So, as we are now stopped in front of Alex Freddy's memorial, people are chanting for Alex Freddy justice. No peace.

If we don't get no justice. And they don't get no peace. If we don't get no justice.

If they don't get no peace. If we don't get no justice. If they don't get It's slippery, guys. We almost lost the camera there.

Justice. If they don't get noace. It's all right. That was a good save, but that's just

Oh, I see. All right, we're back, folks. Will almost sacrificed his body for the camera just now.

Give Will some love. Justice to one and justice to all. I'm so sorry. We have a duty to fight for our freedom.

We have a duty to fight for our freedom. Your left fist available. Lift your left fist up.

We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to fight for our freedom.

We have a duty to win. We have a duty to win. Okay, step over it. Step over it. We must love and support one another.

We must love and support one another. We have nothing to lose for our change. We have nothing to lose for our change.

We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to fight for our freedom.

We have a duty to win. We have a duty to win. We must love and support one another.

We must love and support one another. We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have nothing to lose but our change. We have nothing to lose but our change. We have nothing to lose but our chain. We have nothing to lose but our change.

The whole crowd is putting their fists in there as they chant this. Get [ __ ] done. Minneapolis gets [ __ ] done as she's throwing confetti off the truck into the crowd.

Now that we're at the end of the rally, I want you guys to just take a look around. Look at the people next to you, left and right. These are the people who stand with you because they know who the real enemy is and they know

the gal on my taking care of each other. Oh, hello. We only have each other. The city of Minneapolis and the rest of the world is watching us taking examples from us. and I'm thankful to be a part of this community.

We have some ladies dressed like maidens from the handmaidaidens tale here. Don't forget to give yourself some grace and love. I know it's a hard time. Ice is around every facet of our lives, but it doesn't stop us.

When you can make it in Minneapolis, you can make it anywhere. Please don't forget to follow Mirra and TCC4J on socials for upcoming events and anything regarding news in Minneapolis. Um, and all of the other, you know, people who spoke today like Pette, they're all on socials. And Mirac has a big event on May 1st. Uh, Mayday is going to be our biggest one yet. So, just

All right. Keep in touch. Keep in with us. This is where we disperse. But before we separate, I want you guys to know I am thankful for every one of you again for being here. [ __ ] the police. [ __ ] Ice. [ __ ] ID. Power to the people.

Eat your vegetables. Eat your vegetables. So again, we are announcing dispersal. people can count or bite a vigil. Um, and stop at the local businesses here.

We're dispersing. Everyone, listen up for second place. Do you want to We are encouraging everyone to keep joining our fight. Keep joining the movement. If you want to join the movement, if you want to know what's next, join an organization. Enjoy TCC for J and join Mirror.

Reach out to us cuz we are here for you. And once again, we are dispersing. So, thank you so much for being here

and we'll take our our banners back. Yeah, I know you're picking back up. Thank you.

CCCJ has a new member meeting Tuesday. This Tuesday. So reach out to them on Instagram if you want to get to know them.

So thank you for joining us today for the ice out march through downtown Minneapolis on point. They actually ended the march at Nichollet and 26th Street. We're right adjacent to where Alex was shot. Uh there is a 24-hour memorial for him on my left that's been going since that moment forward. There are protesters out here all hours of the day and night. You know the theme today in addition to ice out was that they are asking for mayor Pai to put a moratorum on the rent. So one part of this aspect that's not quite as as discussed as much as the ICE agent violence is that a lot of the immigrants are afraid to come out to do work. They're afraid to come out to do shopping. They're staying inside their homes. And as we walked down the street, we were um on both sides seeing people inside their homes waving at the protesters, doing little heart signs with their hands blowing kisses. And I would imagine that a lot of these

individuals are are are those folks. They're afraid to come out, right? This area has obviously been heavily heavily targeted by ICE raids for the last two months. So that has had a devastating impact on on the community. Um, I love this little gal here. She had this beautiful poem that she read earlier and they broke the pinata of Christine Gnome's face. We have some breaking news. ICE expands power of agents to arrest people without warrants.

Thank you for your So, this is uh I'm going to look at this real quick cuz this is actually huge news if that's the case. This is the New York Times reporting this. Amid tensions over President Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota and beyond, federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant. According to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcements memo reviewed by the New York Times, the change expands the ability of lower level ICE agents to carry out sweeps rounding up people they encounter and suspect as undocumented immigrants rather than targeted enforcement operations in which they are set out warning in hand to arrest a specific person. So, now that I've read that, I'm going to say they were doing that already. In Los Angeles, they were arresting all kinds of people without warrants. They would roll up on the sidewalk, grab the guy at the taco

stand, other street vendors, uh, flower vendors. They were even arresting, uh, folks that were American citizens and taking taking him down to the detention center and holding them there for 2 days. So, uh, I would say that this was already going on, but maybe it's going to get worse now because they're saying the quiet part out loud. I don't know. They have plowed through so many constitutional rights at this point. They're now saying that they could enter a private home without a warrant. That is an an absolute uh crossing of the line with the Fourth Amendment. We've seen them arrest journalists. Absolute crossing of the line with the First Amendment. They're now arguing that Alex Prey was a domestic terrorist and going to do some mass killing simply because he had a legal firearm on him. And I think the important part of that is they wouldn't have even known that if they hadn't tackled him and hadn't been

beating him. That became apparent through that interaction. So this is, you know, MAGA is a group of individuals that claim to be about freedom and constitutional right, but are clearly not. They don't seem to understand that eventually if these rights are eroded for other groups, it will come for them. So we are we are Yeah, we're live right now. I'm just signing off. Sorry. So I'm going to sign off now because they need to clear the street. Thank you for joining us today. If you're not a member, please join and we will see you at the next thing. Thank you.

I got you. We're just so

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Tina Desiree Berg (Host), Kelly (Guest), Manny (Guest), Isaac (Guest).

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A live report from Minneapolis highlights a protest against ICE, featuring insights from Kelly of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, which advocates for the abolition of ICE and broader immigration reform. The discussion touches on the historical weaponization of U.S. immigration laws against marginalized groups, linking the current politicization of law enforcement to past…

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